IVANCIC v. OLMSTEAD


66 N.Y.2d 349 (1985)

Daniel H. Ivancic, Appellant, v. Mary Olmstead, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided November 26, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. Krzys for appellant.

Fred J. Hutchison for respondent.

Chief Judge WACHTLER and Judges MEYER, SIMONS, KAYE, ALEXANDER and TITONE concur.


JASEN, J.

At issue on this appeal is whether plaintiff, who seeks to recover for injuries sustained when an overhanging limb from a neighbor's maple tree fell and struck him, established a prima facie case of negligence and whether Trial Term erred, as a matter of law, in refusing to submit to the jury the cause of action sounding in common-law trespass.

Plaintiff was working on his truck in the driveway...

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